Question About The Beatles Two German Songs?

the beatles released german versions of 'i want to hold your hand' and 'she loves you' did they record it in paris? i heard that they went to record and and left back to UK and told George Martin that it coudnt be done in german but Martin told them to go back and do it , so they did and they... show more the beatles released german versions of 'i want to hold your hand' and 'she loves you' did they record it in paris? i heard that they went to record and and left back to UK and told George Martin that it coudnt be done in german but Martin told them to go back and do it , so they did and they recorded both versions, also they were taught two sing those two songs in german to get the audience over there? did they have to play everything again or did they just get the instrumental track and add german versions, 'she loves you' in german is faster then the english version .... anyone can clear all this up for me???

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Best Answer: OMG, what a question about The Beatles....
YES, I heard about this one years ago....
It was in 1964, EMI in Germany wanted them to do so, more like ordered them to do it.
Camillo Felgen wrote the lyrics for the Beatles to sing “Sie liebt dich” & “Komm gib mir deine Hand”.
This was the 1st & last time they ever did this fiasco.....
These two unique German recordings are included in the Past Masters CD only....
WOW......I like this question.....

Source(s): Frozen Undies, you must know this trivia....
Both of us are The Beatles' fans....

On 29 January 1964 in a Paris recording studio, the Beatles recorded two of their hit songs in German. The instrumental music tracks were the original ones used for the English recordings, but the German lyrics had been hurriedly written by a Luxembourger named Camillo Felgen (Camille Jean Nicolas Felgen, 1920-2005).

Camillo Felgen often told the story of how EMI's German producer, Otto Demler, had desperately flown Felgen to Paris and the Hotel George V, where the Beatles were staying. The Beatles, in Paris for a concert tour, had reluctantly agreed to make two German recordings, and Felgen, who was then a program director at Radio Luxembourg (now RTL), had less than 24 hours to finalize the German lyrics and coach the Beatles (phonetically) in German. The recordings they made at the Pathé Marconi Studios in Paris on that winter day in 1964 turned out to be the only songs the Beatles ever recorded in German. (But see the note about “Geh raus” below.) It was also the only time they ever recorded songs outside of London.

The German division of EMI/Electrola felt that the only way the Beatles could sell records in the German market was if they made German versions of their songs. Of course, that turned out to be wrong, and today the only two German recordings the Beatles ever released are an amusing curiosity. (In a rough, incomplete version of “Get Back” in German, you can hear Paul McCartney singing “Geh raus nach deinem Haus,” but it was never officially released. Apparently, Paul had picked up a fair amount of German during the Beatles' Hamburg days.

The Beatles hated the idea of doing foreign-language recordings, and they never released any others after the German single with “Sie liebt dich” on one side and “Komm gib mir deine Hand” on the other. Those two unique German recordings are included in the Past Masters CD described below. For the lyrics of the two songs in German and English, see the links below.

They had to record the whole song again as the original recording of She Loves You had been wiped, all they have is the mixed mono version - that's why there is no true stereo recording of She Loves You/I'll Get You. They recorded the German version at EMI's Paris studio, they also recorded the backing track for Can't Buy Me Love at the same session.

Many other UK groups and singers did the same , but German teenagers preferred the English versions anyway, they sold better, so the idea of doing anymore was soon dropped

The German branch of EMI insisted that they needed German-language versions of their songs to sell in Germany (even though they had made it big in Sweden already) and George Martin complied. The recording didn't go very well: the Beatles had just hit number one in America and really didn't feel like pandering to the German corporate heads. They arrived late and acted like such clowns that Martin actually told them off. But he did admit they were right. They never needed foreign language versions of their songs to sell well overseas.

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the beatles released german versions of &#39;i want to hold your hand&#39; and &#39;she loves you&#39; did they record it in paris? i heard that they went to record and and left back to UK and told George Martin that it coudnt be done in german but Martin told them to go back and do it , so they...